The day book. (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, January 20, 1912, Image 6

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wWWWwPSfPljSWHww-got the money somehow, untiltoday.' The rest is the old old story.Poverty, sickness and- sorrow,the wretched trinity of the poor,combined with the devil on "unemployment." Annie found afew good friends. One of themwas a doctor at the Chicago av-eiiue dispensary, who treated herhelpless sickly children.Her payments to the GuaranteeLoan Lo. were due the 20th ofeach month. Yesterday her lastmoney went for fent. She wasunable to pay her grocery bill.There was no money for the"sharks." Then a friend told herto ask help of the Legal Aid Society. This she did this morning."I haven't any money," shetold Miss Mabel Dalby, an investigator for the society. "My payment is due today. What shall Ido? My babies are sick. Allday my little Dorothy sits in achair. Fred's hands are strappedto his sides to prevent him injuring himself by scratching at thepain in his head. Dorothy is going blind. She only opens hereyes when the doctor puts medicine in them. We have no money.Can't you help me?"The plea of the woman waspitiful. In her arms was the little three-year-old daughter, achild of blindness. Her tight-shutlids barred out the light from hereyes. Her mother was taking herto the doctor, who would"give hertemporary relief. She wantedhelp. But it was sfll for her babies.The Legal Aid Society will helpher. It will force the shark tosurrender the notes, and stop' itsvulture-like feeding on these unfortunates. It protects the poorand ignorant from such "sharks"every weekrBut already Annie has paid $9over the interest that should bedue. The company was entitledto $53.50. It has collected $62.50.And it wanted $12.50 more. 'If Annie had not sought the aidof the society she wou'Ui have"been forced to pay $12.50 moreto free her from the incubus ofdebt. Seventy-five dollars for aloan of $50!And this Guarantee Loan. Co.,says Miss Dalby, was a comparatively honorable loan shark, for itdid not threaten or have Annie'shusband dismissed from his positions for non-payment.It did not threaten. But if onecould feel and know the suffering,the privations, the heartaches,that it caused Annie heartbreaks because of her childrenthen one might believe that thereare no "comparatively honorable"loan sharks. iA vulture is a vulture.A loan shark is a loan shark.Love is long suffering, but poorcoffee in the morning has beenknown to be its finish.Eyes are the windows of thesoul. Don't sit in the draft,young man.You can generally trust a manwho can wear a derb)' hat withouttilting it to one side.i Ji'M'iHt'8'rifr r,Uviriyftihffti trSfeU.;,(